On life's steps forward.
By Dragoon5464
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So I knew my uncle Gary was going to be in my town this weekend to visit his girlfriend, and I asked my mom to ask him to stop by my store while I was at work. (I haven't seen him in two years, figured a phone call out of the blue would be awkward.) He came by and we talked a bit about life and goings-on and such other silly small talk. He offered to take me out to dinner after my shift was over, and as a 22-year-old working retail I'm obviously not one to refuse a free meal, so out to dinner we went.
Over dinner we talked about this and that until we finally landed on shop talk. I've been interested in doing voiceover work since I was in high school, and for whatever reason it had never dawned on me to talk to Gary about it. He's been doing video/audio production for local companies since I was a kid, often doing narrations himself, and yet I totally blanked on the fact that I have a family member in the business I wanna get into. It turns out that his girlfriend's got a production company in my area (Kansas City; he's back in St. Louis where I grew up) and so I did a few voices and accents for them. We got to discussing a talent agent friend of hers and how I'd go about recording a VO demo and all sorts of stuff.
Obviously this isn't something that's gonna be a career right away. I need a job that's gonna provide a contract and medical insurance, which my current job will after another year, and VO work is largely freelance and would never have those kinds of benefits. Landing a permanent job as a DJ or announcer might, but that's a long ways down the road. Someday, though, I might just end up a voice that's known by many. All in all, I think tonight may have been the first step forward towards becoming the man I really want to be. :)
Oh, and he managed to get my bike to fold finally! :D
EDIT 5/13: Got this today and decided this is definitely the best weekend I've had in a good long while. :D
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